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Newcastle, Sudáfrica
02:35:05 PMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Johannesburg

Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal
Place in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Hora local actual
02:35:05 PM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Zona horaria
SAST
Africa/Johannesburg · UTC+02:00
Próximo festivo
Workers' Day
viernes, 1 de mayo de 2026 · Public
Solapamiento laboral ahora
3 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Newcastle right now
Aeropuerto más cercano
DUR
King Shaka International Airport · 237 km
Aeropuertos indexados
8
Curated airport references available for Sudáfrica
Snapshot at render time: 02:35:05 PM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Newcastle (UTC+02:00, SAST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
12°C, Overcast
Feels like 12°C · Humidity 88% · Wind 1 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:25 AM to 05:29 PM
Day length 11h 4m · Solar noon 11:57 AM
Next country holiday
Workers' Day
viernes, 1 de mayo de 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Newcastle local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
404.8K
Coordinates
-27.76, 29.93
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg
Aeropuertos indexados
8
Capital
Pretoria
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Currency
ZAR (R)
Country area
1,221,037 km²
Read time for Newcastle from the Africa/Johannesburg zone (SAST, UTC+02:00); the city carries roughly 404.8K residents and ranks #17 among curated Sudáfrica entries.
Geographically, Newcastle is at 27.76°S, 29.93°E — that places it in the Southern Hemisphere's subtropics, about 3081 km from the equator, with warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 06:25 AM and sets around 05:29 PM in Newcastle — about 11h 4m of daylight. Sudáfrica stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Volksrust (44 km from Newcastle) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 8 curated airport pages indexed for Sudáfrica.
On 2026-05-01, Workers' Day is the next holiday flag for Newcastle — worth blocking out for launches or logistics.
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Timezone
SAST
IANA Zone
Africa/Johannesburg
UTC Offset
UTC+02:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC+02:00
Burundi, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Sudan, Sudan, Rwanda, Malawi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Other cities in this timezone
London
-1h
New York
-6h
Los Angeles
-9h
Dubai
+2h
Singapore
+6h
Tokyo
+7h
Sydney
+8h
São Paulo
-5h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Newcastle.
Newcastle is the third-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and is the province's industrial centre. The city has four industrial areas. The majority of its citizens reside in Newcastle East in the main townships of Madadeni and Osizweni, with the balance residing in Newcastle West. Set at the foothills of the northern KwaZulu-Natal Drakensberg Mountains, Newcastle is located in the northwest corner of the province along the Ncandu River.
From Newcastle the nearest of our reference hubs are Dubai (~6,484 km), São Paulo (~7,562 km), Singapore (~8,499 km), while Los Angeles sits about 16,913 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.
Newcastle sits inside Sudáfrica — the Southern Africa subregion, capital Pretoria, languages Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, currency ZAR (R).
Volksrust (44 km), Glencoe (51 km), Dundee (54 km), Daggakraal (70 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Newcastle — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Newcastle: Workers' Day, Youth Day, National Women's Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Sudáfrica.
Closest curated airport references from Newcastle: DUR Durban (237 km), JNB Johannesburg (245 km), HLA Johannesburg (284 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 237 km from Newcastle
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 3m
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 245 km from Newcastle
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 4m
Lanseria International AirportHLA
Johannesburg · 284 km from Newcastle
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 7m
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 385 km from Newcastle
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 15m
Polokwane International AirportPTG
Polokwane · 438 km from Newcastle
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 19m
Exchange snapshot
1 ZAR = 0.051 EUR · 1 ZAR = 0.045 GBP · 1 ZAR = 0.060 USD
As of 2026-04-29
On this day
2021: Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
2014: A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others.
2013: Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.
Coordination pulse
3 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 01:35 PM | -1h | Good to call now |
| New York | 08:35 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 05:35 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 04:35 PM | +2h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 08:35 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 09:35 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 10:35 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 09:35 AM | -5h | Good to call now |
Newcastle está en la zona horaria Africa/Johannesburg (SAST), con un desfase UTC de +02:00.
Newcastle no está actualmente observando el Horario de Verano.
El desfase UTC actual para Newcastle es UTC+02:00.
Newcastle sits at 27.76°S, 29.93°E in Sudáfrica, with about 404.8K residents (rank #17 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Newcastle is Dubai, about 6,484 km away as the crow flies.
Volksrust is the closest indexed city, roughly 44 km from Newcastle.
King Shaka International Airport (DUR) is the closest curated airport reference, about 237 km from Newcastle.
Workers' Day is the next upcoming holiday in Sudáfrica, on viernes, 1 de mayo de 2026.